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♂ Leonard C. Jones
aliasLeonard C. Jones
Record
30492 · 337

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 1 0 1
Birth 4 June 1924 → 99 years + 10 months ago
Lived 74 years
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 1 month
Death 23 June 1998 → 25 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 1 month after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Leonard C. Jones (1924–1998)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick, from 1963 to 1974, Jones was vehemently opposed to the use of the French language in any sphere of public activity in the city. Remaining popular with the anglophone majority, he won the Progressive Con­ser­va­tive nomination for the 1974 federal election, but PC leader Robert Stanfield refused to sign Jones's nomination papers because of the latter's opposition to the party's policy of bilingualism. Jones instead ran as an independent and served one term as the MP for Moncton.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 10 12

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Léonide H. Cyr  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles H. Thomas  m 
 
Eligible: 52,680 Votes: 45,170 Participation: 85.74% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 New Brunswick
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10451(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
50
IND
 1/5 20,671 45.76% +4,472 Loser:
LIB
 16,199 35.86% Léonide H. Cyr

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,467 Votes: 48,555 Participation: 83.05% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 New Brunswick
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4386(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 20,940 43.33% Gary F. McCauley

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Leonard C. Jones		 06 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Leonard C. Jones		 06 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Leonard Jones (politician)		 06 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Leonard Jones		 06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 21:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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